Rock Forest Weather in May
Rock Forest in May
The short of it: Rock Forest in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 102 mm (4.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 6° · rain 102 mm · daylight 14 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Rock Forest an average May high of 18°, a low of 6° and some 102 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 18°, with nights near 6°. Wet spells are common — about 102 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 52 min in mid-May, 85 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Rock Forest runs about middling and about as wet in May. Sherbrooke, 9 km to the ENE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Rock Forest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 20 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SherbrookeQuebec | 9 km ENE | 19° | 6° | 101 mm |
| MagogQuebec | 16 km SW | 18° | 6° | 106 mm |
| Ayer's CliffQuebec | 21 km S | 18° | 6° | 100 mm |
| WindsorQuebec | 23 km N | 18° | 5° | 103 mm |
| Stanstead-EstQuebec | 29 km S | 18° | 6° | 102 mm |
| Cookshire-EatonQuebec | 29 km ENE | 18° | 5° | 103 mm |
| CoaticookQuebec | 29 km SSE | 18° | 5° | 104 mm |
| CookshireQuebec | 29 km ENE | 17° | 5° | 105 mm |